Collection receptacle for vacuum cleaners



W. Vn 'PAINE Aug. 10, 1943.

COLLECTION RECEPTACLE FOR VACUUM CLEANERS Filed NOV. 22, 1939 PatentedAug 10, 1943 i.j; l

I 2,326,731 V j COL EC ION- nnonrracmiroa' vA-cUUM-j I I oLE NE Rs"Wilbur-Y. Paine,'EastHartfordrConm, assignor to The Spencer TurbineCompany Hartford,

(301111., a corporation. of Connecticut ApplicationNovember 22,1939,seria' nasospsef r C i My invention relates to the class of apparatuscommonly employed for vacuum 'cleaningpu'rposes or for conveying dirtladen air in'appa ratus of various sorts, the invention relating moreparticularly to the mechanismlfor final disposition of the dustseparated from the air in such apparatus, and an object of theinvention, among others, is to provide ready and eficient means forremoval and replacement of the receptacles, as dust cans, employed toreceive the dust and dirt collected by the separators and comprising apart of the apparatus above mentioned.

One form of an apparatus embodying inventionand in the construction andoperation of which the objects herein set out, as well as others, may beattained is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure lis a view in side elevation of the lower. part of a vacuum cleaningapparatus embodying my invention. I

Figure 2 is an end View from a point located at the right of Figure 1but omitting the dust can.

Figure 3 is a view in horizontal section on a plane denoted by thebroken line 33' of Fig. 1, but showing the dust can partialiy removed.

Figure 4 is a view in horizontal section on enlarged scale on a planedenoted by the broken line 34 of Fig. 2 with the dust'can partiallybroken away to show construction.

My invention, while not limited to use with vacuum cleaning apparatus ofany particular with lugs l8 secured to and projecting from .the j sort,is especially applicable to portable appara-- tus ofthis type and forthis reason such has been illustrated in the drawing herein for thepurpose of disclosing my invention, in the accompanying drawing thenumeral 6 denoting a platform supknown and common construction, and inadapting my invention this shell is formed with a recess 12 at thebottom thereof and in a downward extension l3 of generally curved formbut with flat opposing sides forming recesses M within which iscontained operating mechanism to be presently described.

( glizsz 'ni A dust can fl5 is formed for-reception in'i th e recess l2,this can-beingprovided on its bottom with swivel casters lt'and'withja-handle ilin, the form of a ring extending around-the' can'-intermediate its top and bottom ends and rigid sides of the dust can,the handle being thus spaced from the can to permit the fingers of aperson to readily grasp the ring for the purpose of handling the can.

The upper end of the can i5 is provided with a shouldered lip i9 torestv upon one end of each 3 of two lifting levers 28, the opposite endsor said levers each. being pivotally mounted in one of the flatsupporting sides of'a recess 54, thereby positioning said levers onopposite sides of the extension 13. A lifting and locking cam 2i ispivotally supported in each of the recessesi l, thereby locating saidcams on opposite sides of. the can I5 and inside of the recesses M, theedges of said cams each encountering a hub 23 adja cent a roller 23mounted on astud 22'p'rojecting inwardly from the free end of each ofthe levers .20 for engagement with the lip is "on the can,

the form of a baillis secured at its opposite ends'f; v to the shaftsit,said lever extending-substan tially half way around the can. When in itslow ered' position as shown in Fig. ,1 this lever crowds the cams 2iagainst the hubs 23 forcing the rollers 23 into'contact with the lip l9.and thereby securely holding'the canin its raised positiontightlyagainst the under surface of the separator H. Whenthe lever israised. to the position shown in Fig. 2 the 'can' will be lowered torest 'upon its casters IS and then ,by grasping the handle ll the canmay be removed from within its recess and taken to any desired locationfor. dumping the contents therefrom. The

handle 17, above referred to, not only servesas a means for handling thecan but further serves an importantfeature as a guide for movement ofthe can into the recess l2, suchjhandle being of a diameter to fitwithin the Walls of the recess l2 and thereby correctly postion the canwhen it is pushed into the recess.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes I havedescribed the principles of 'operation of my invention, together withthe de'- vice which I now consider to represent the best embodimentthereof; but I desire to have it understood that the device shown isonly illustrative and that the invention may be carried out by othermeans and applied than those above set out. 7 I

I claim:

1. In a, device of the character described comthrough thelbottbmthereo'f, a receptacle ofbeik to uses other the sidewalls of saidreceiving and upporting portion;

2 In a device of the character described comprising a chambered shellhaving an opening 5 through the bottom thereof, a receptacle of bulkyand weighty characteristics inconvenient ma ua ea l 29 ear ier es en fl'i ts ibt e a mas d r ce vi and supporting portion forrfiing part of andextend and weighty characteristics inconvenient for 1Q ing from thebottom of said shell and having a manual handling, a recess receivingand support ing portion forming part of angl exfending from the bottomof said shell andhavifi 5 56 and a side both opening into the recessther for the reception of the up}: p rtion receptacle, and leverliftingifiari'i 'nr the'opposite side walls of said recel b'ottom and aside both opening into the recess th ere ingfer tl re reception of theupper portion oi fii'dr ecptacle,lever lifting means mounted in theopposite sidewalls of said receiving and is i--15 siipportin {portionand engageable with said sfifiigiif' iffflan ge agever of bail formhaving its ear r supporting portion and engageabl e withglever abutmentmeans formed on the exterionof the upper portion of said receptacle tolift the "lat- 2d the lvers engageable with the flange on the distasteends mountedin opposite side walls of aiisreceiv neiantl upp ins p n,and n operative connection between said bail lever and nse 0i eedsmenace to i t; he sern m argqshcl -w erm.

